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Authored by Dr. Ray Rooney, Jr. | Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 3:00 PM

In times of horror and persecution, don’t look to an appeaser and accommodator to save you. Look instead to a sword wielding Conqueror.

As ISIS attempts to strike fear into the minds and souls of Christians globally it would behoove the faithful to consider the sword wielding Christ whom the foes of God cannot defeat. – Dr. Ray Rooney, Jr.

An elderly man is picking up cans on the streets of Cleveland and a car pulls up. The driver gets out with his cell phone recording via the Facebook Live feature and tells the man to repeat a woman’s name. When he does the driver shoots and kills him.

A psychotic and obese despot in North Korea promises to reduce America to ashes with “our super-mighty pre-emptive strike.” Political and military leadership in this country is not shrugging and laughing it off. A U.S. navy armada is on its way to the Korean peninsula.

At home, in America, the hatred spewing from liberals towards conservatives and evangelicals has reached a fever pitch and portends violence. The University of California at Berkely urged the cancellation of a speech by Ann Coulter who was to speak on illegal immigration for fear of the eruption of violence.

Christians are taught that in the midst of devastation and despair we are to look “to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith…”(Heb. 12:2). Unfortunately, the Jesus many are looking to in these difficult and troubled times is not much of a problem solver if you go by what is being preached in many American churches.

The picture of Jesus being painted by many of our pulpiteers is not the author and perfecter of faith but the accepter and accommodator of human desire. He’s an appeaser, not a Savior.

The Jesus many Americans hear about on Sundays accepts people no matter what they believe or how they live. He’s a pacifist, a pluralist, and even a secularist (He apparently believes in the separation of church and state and doesn’t want anyone to be made to feel uncomfortable by hearing the gospel).

So as the pressure against righteousness mounts and the persecution against Christians increases, to whom are all those churchgoers turning who don’t believe Jesus opposes anything except the notion of intolerance? As far as I can tell the answer to that is government. If only the Jesus revealed in the pages of the Bible was faithfully proclaimed then instead of the faithless hand-wringing that seems to be going on by shallow churchgoers with the haters of the cross growing ever more bold, a fearless and bold prayer would ascend using the words of David in Psalm 68:1“God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!”

Here a few passages in the Bible to consider when looking to Jesus in the midst of burgeoning evil and its designs.

Genesis 3:15 – I will put enmity between you [serpent; Satan] and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

The very first prophetic word about redemption and the One who shall bring it is an image of a Man stomping on the head of a snake. He doesn’t flee from it. He doesn’t adopt it and make it His pet. He stomps its head. That is what the Son of God thinks of evil. Not quite the picture of accommodation proclaimed weekly in many churches.

Joshua 5:13-15 – When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

Compare that to what was said to Moses from the burning bush and you know who this “commander” is. There is absolutely no doubt that the commander of the armies of the Lord is Jesus (as we shall see in another text).

Two things are striking about this passage. First, is that the “commander” had a drawn sword in His hand. This was the eve of the attack on Jericho. The first battle for the conquest of the Promised Land was about to commence and the pre-Incarnate Jesus was wielding His sword.

When Moses was besieged by naysayers as the freed Hebrews had their back to the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s army bearing down on them the deliverer shouted “The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent” (Ex. 14:14). When did the Lord ever stop fighting for His people except when they turn away from Him in unbelief. Jesus stands just as ready today to wield His sword against the enemies of the cross as He did when He appeared to Joshua as the conquest of Canaan began.

The second striking facet is the non-answer answer to Joshua’s inquiry. Joshua’s question was essentially “Are you on our side or theirs?” “No.” What kind of response is that? Simple. Jesus was saying “I’m on My side and if you want to succeed in that which I have called you to do then you will follow Me.” Where? Into the battle. Jesus doesn’t shy away from leading the people of God into victory on the battlefield. As ISIS attempts to strike fear into the minds and souls of Christians globally it would behoove the faithful to consider the sword wielding Christ whom the foes of God cannot defeat.

Colossians 2:15 – He [Jesus] disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

To the naked and unspiritual eye the bloody death of Jesus on a Roman cross looked like utter and ignominious defeat. Hardly. Paul uses the imagery of a Roman victory procession down the streets of the city where the defeated royalty was paraded in chains. What looked to most people to be humiliating defeat, was in fact, a glorious victory where the spiritually bankrupt were revealed and put to open shame. It takes a measure of spiritual maturity to recognize this which is why there is so much fearful whining emanating from so many churchgoers today. They’re not looking to a conqueror. They’re hoping for someone who can convince those who hate Christianity to learn to live with us. What they’re hoping for is what Scripture teaches the antichrist will provide…not Jesus Christ.

Revelation 19:12-15 – His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

When hope seems lost as evil spreads its hateful wings across the entire planet and persecution rises to truly unprecedented levels…this is the Jesus I look to. A Savior with burning eyes, blood soaked apparel, and a sword that cannot be turned or tamed. Could this have been on David’s mind as he penned the matchless words of the 23rd psalm which includes these words: “thou preparedst a table before me in the presence of mine enemies”? Only two verses further in the text of Rev. 19 are the words of an angel seen standing in the Sun speaking to the birds “Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men…”

The Commander of the armies of heaven is not the only hat that Jesus wears or the only revelation of His character. In subsequent blogs I will be looking at some of the others. But this is probably the one that gets the least attention because it doesn’t fit the theologically liberal narrative that Jesus is all about making everyone feel good about themselves and their neighbors.

Jesus is many things. But as we continue to spiral downward into the abyss of narcissism, sexual anarchy, hedonism, and lawlessness domestically and threats to our national security by totalitarian regimes such as North Korea and Iran abroad, we need to be able to look to Jesus our hope and answer. And He is ready to respond to our faith filled cries and pleas.Ready to protect us. Ready to fight for us. Ready to conquer the purveyors of hateful rhetoric and murderous ideologies.

The Jesus I’m looking to stomps on serpents, wields a drawn sword, disarms and shames those who would openly oppose Him, and treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God! I’ll take my Conqueror over the warm fuzzy accommodator when Satan unleashes hell on earth. All day long…

“Are we seeking political solutions to deep spiritual problems?”

Dr. John Neihof

Her priests have violated my law and profaned my holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. And he said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

Then Jesus went into the temple of Godand drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” Conservative versus liberal ideologies are nothing new. In Ezekiel’s youth, temple worship was polluted by compromising, tolerant priests—liberals—who refused to recognize the difference between the holy and the profane, the clean and the unclean, the righteous and the sinful, true worship and idolatry.These sins of the priests, along with the failures of the prophets and the people, were at the heart of Israel’s rebellion that landed them in oppression and captivity. They “profaned my holy things.”

During the Babylonian captivity, the Hebrews, under the leadership of Ezekiel the prophet, searched their hearts, the Scriptures, and their history to understand how they had violated God’s covenant with them. They started synagogues to study the Hebrew law. A conservative group of holy men, scribes and Pharisees, emerged from captivity as the spiritual leaders of the nation. These scribes and Pharisees were the leaders of a spiritual and national revival movement in Israel for the next 400 years.

When Jesus appeared on the scene in the first century, two political factions dominated Hebrew life and culture. The Sadducees were the political moderates and liberals who practiced appeasement toward the Roman occupying presence in Israel, thus protecting their political party. The Sadducees controlled the high priesthood in the Jerusalem temple. Although they were the minority party of the Jewish ruling body, the Sanhedrin, the Sadducees rarely lost a battle they wanted to win against the conservative faction of scribes and Pharisees.

The scribes and Pharisees were among Jesus ‘chief opponents—lawyers, students, and scholars. Their scrupulous observance of the Hebrew ceremonial law reached far beyond the first five books of the Bible, the Pentateuch, to include oral tradition, interpretations, and explanations of the law. Their addendums were massive, and carried the same moral obligation for the people as the Law of Moses.

The chief priest and the Sadducees were in a struggle for the control of the Hebrew nation, doing battle with the conservative scribes and Pharisees, all under the watchful eye of Rome. This power struggle set the Sadducees and Pharisees up for a fight with Jesus, the Son of God.

Our Lord must have watched the exploitation of the people at the temple all His life. The liberal Sadducees controlled the position of chief priest. The chief priest turned this power into a money making scheme by appointing the inspecting priest who examined the sacrificial animals which people brought to temple for sacrifice. Animals had to be approved as being without blemish to be permitted to be slaughtered and burned as an offering on the temple altar. The complicit task was to disapprove a prescribed percentage of the perfectly acceptable sacrifices, purchase them at a deeply discounted price above the powerless protests of the inconvenienced worshiper. The rejected animal would then be introduced as the newest acquisition to the temple herd, only to be resold to a worshiper as an unblemished sacrifice a few days later.

The Sadducees had the scribes and Pharisees over a barrel. The conservative Pharisees were so dug into their rigid position that they had no moral authority to protest the enforcement of holiness, however corrupt, in the priests’ approval of the sacrificial beasts. The Sadducees could simply hide behind their claim that they were fastidiously enforcing the Hebrew law. At that point, the Pharisees’ protests failed, for legalistic enforcement of the Law of Moses was what they insisted.

The Sadducees’ conflict with the scribes and Pharisees put the average Hebrew in a losing position along with the Pharisees. Only the chief priest came out looking the winner.

Jesus understood what was going on. He had watched the exploitativeprocess all His life. He was probably first exposed to it as a twelve-year-old boy when His family traveled to Jerusalem for Passover (Luke 2:41-50). Perhaps, He and Joseph had even suffered the refusal of their unblemished sacrifice at the hands of the chief priest’s corrupt inspector. It could explain why Jesus was so incensed by what He knew was going on in the Temple. Not once, but twice, Scripture records Jesus’ cleansing of the temple at the beginning of His ministry in John 2, and at the end of His ministry in Matthew 21 and Luke 19. It is interesting that Jesus began and ended His ministry with cleansing the temple.

Jesus transcended the trap of the liberal v. conservative political continuum of His day by emphasizing holiness, prayer, healing, and spiritual power. He was not co-opted or compromised by political pressures. He rose above the entrapment of politics and spoke wholeness and hope into an abusive situation. Think about that.

What does Jesus’ principled action have to say about how I should live in this present age?

Jesus was not reactionary. He thought and felt deeply about the matter of His Father’s house for many years. He loved the Father, the people, and true worship. He opposed everything from the left and the right that limited access to the Father, especially the profiteering that had polluted the place of prayer for exploitative purposes.

What are the bonds that enslave and keep us from knowing our Heavenly Father today?

What are the barriers to prayer in life today?

Do we oppose barriers to the Father with the same urgency and persistence Jesus showed?

Are we seeking political solutions to deep spiritual problems?

What about my temple? The temple of my heart?

Is my temple polluted with profiteering and self-interest so that true fellowship with the Father is compromised?

Am I so rigid in my emphasis of liberal and conservative, so idolatrous in my emphasis of right over left, so consumed with time above eternity, that my temple is polluted?

My prayer: “Jesus, drive the double-mindedness from my heart and enthrone Yourself as the single object of my affection. Help me to transcend the political strife of my age so that I am truly Christian. Help me to speak healing and wholeness into the brokenness of our time-bound existence rather than being compromised by it. Amen.”

ISIS, being the media-savvy monster den that it is, has numerous projects at any given time that help it get the word out about the joys of jihad. The current issue of Dabiq, ISIS’s English-language magazine, is a special edition aimed at converting Christians,and other non-Muslims, claiming Jesus is “a slave of Allah” and he will “wage jihad” at his Second Coming. It’s an educational look into the warped minds of the Islamic terrorists.

The special “Break the Cross”issue also contends that Jesus was never crucified, that he was only a prophet of Allah, and most of the New Testament is a “perversion” of the real story.

The mastermind behind this rewrite of Jesus’ story, according to Dabiq, is St. Paul, who was actually just a “treacherous Jew” who worked from the inside to destroy the early Christian Church.

The magazine aims at all “Crusaders,” including atheists and skeptics, by letting them “read into why Muslims hate and fight them, why pagan Christians should break their crosses, why liberalist secularists should return to the fitrah (natural human disposition), and why skeptical atheists should recognize their Creator and submit to Him.”

This being an Islamic propaganda sheet, there’s a lot of stuff and nonsense about Islam’s compassion and mercy. Tell that to the countless people who have been maimed, tortured and killed for little or no reason by the compassionate soldiers of Islam — like the elderly priest in Normandy who was murdered recently at the altar of his own church, in front of nuns and parishioners.

That ISIS-celebrated incident included the re-dedication of the “captured”altar to Mohammed by the young jihadists, who had committed themselves and their actions to ISIS but were nonetheless called “wannabes”in some news outlets.

In case you’ve forgotten what the face of evil looks like, it’s all here in the pages of ISIS’s magazine. It’s slick, professional-looking and full of phony sincerity designed to suck in the gullible. If you’re not careful, at times it’s almost believable. Goebbels would be proud.

“And despite their wretched condition of ignorance and arrogance, we take this occasion of multiple massacres inflicted upon their citizens and interests to call them once again to the religion of pure monotheism, truth, mercy, justice, and the sword,”the editors write in the foreword.

It’s a real piece of work that rails against all manner of Western decadence, including Freud, feminism and homosexuality, sections that liberals should pay special attention to. Liberals like to fantasize about Christians trying to control their personal choices. For them, there’s a section in the ISIS publication describing just how Islam will dictate everything from brushing their teeth and shaving their pubic hair to “snorting water then expelling it”(apparently, Kleenex is not allowed).

In between the glossy pictures of smiling children and dead bodies, the overall message is clear: The fervent promise of practitioners of the Religion of Peace is to take us down.

Tad Cronn began his journalism career in 1983. While he earned awards for his work as a reporter and editor, his greatest joy is writing news commentary. Providing a conservative and often humorous outlook on current events, he now works as a freelance writer based in California.

By: Jim Shempert | Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2016

“I wonder sometimes which Jesus people believe in”

– Jim Shempert

“Oh look, another social issue! Let’s fight about it on Facebook!” And off we go! With righteous indignation we pound out soliloquies aimed at whoever dares disagree with us. Our fingers pound our phones ever so harder with each word. Then, in order to silence the opposition forever, we attach some Jesus possessive statement at the end. “The Jesus I believe in…” “the Jesus I follow…”or “My Jesus believes…”are some of the ones I have seen in the last few days. I can only sigh at such statements because many base “their Jesus” on something they have created in their mind as opposed to the Jesus of the Bible.

I wonder sometimes which Jesus people believe in. Even in the Bible belt where I live there is a marked lack of understanding of scripture. Many have created their own personal Jesus who is more like the Genie from Aladdin than the sovereign Son of God who died for all the sins of mankind. They love to point out that Jesus ate with prostitutes and tax collectors but fail to acknowledge the Bible says “He came not to bring peace but a sword.”They love, “Then neither do I condemn you,”but completely ignore the follow up: “Go and sin no more.”

I believe in the sovereignty of Christ. The deeper I go in my relationship with Him, the more I see my overwhelming need for Him. The Word was not made flesh for my slice of the American dream. He did not come to Earth so that you could have that three bedrooms/two baths split floor plan in a quiet cul-de-sac. He did not die on Cavalry so that one political party or another could stay in power.

Jesus did all those things because we are all terrible sinners. We offend God’s holiness in our sin. Isaiah 59 could not be clearer:

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things. No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil. For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities: rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts have conceived. So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey (Isaiah 59:2-4, 12-15).

Though God hates sin, He loves us more. He made His Son be the perfect sacrifice for sin. Sin is not acceptable to God. Sin does not magically disappear. Sin is either atoned for through the blood of Jesus Christ or judgment awaits the sinner at the end. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil” (2nd Corinthians 5:10).

Sin is unacceptable to God. First, it separated us from God, and then, caused the death of His Son. God’s wrath was satisfied in Christ, and thus, anyone who has a true relationship with Jesus Christ will be spared His wrath because we are “clothed with Christ. (Galatians 3:27)”

Then there comes the “but.” But, if you refuse the gift of salvation in Christ, you accept the wrath of God. Revelation describes it as “pouring out the bowls of God’s fury.” Reverend Paul Washer painted an even harsher picture:

If you die unreconciled to Christ, the last thing you will hear when you take your first step into hell will be all of creation standing to its feet and applauding God with joy because HE has rid the earth of you. We do not understand how vile sin is, and we do not understand how vile we are apart from Christ.

That is the Christ of the Bible. He willingly sacrificed Himself for all who would come to Him. He desires that no one should feel the wrath of God. He has done everything possible to make a way for you to come back to Him. But, He can’t be tricked or fooled. You can’t pull a fast one on Him. He knew down to the person who He was praying for in Gethsemane in John 19.

The next time you feel the need to draft a soliloquy to advance a social/political point, please realize the sovereignty of the One you reference when you say “My Jesus says.” Make sure that you have not created an idol in your mind of who Jesus is. If you are referencing the only Son of God who died at Calvary as the sin ransom for man, that’s one thing. If you are referencing a weak, westernized, no consequences for our sin Jesus, you may want to pause and rethink.

If your version of Jesus never disagrees with you, it’s not Jesus that you are worshiping.

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 04: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, 2016 in Washington, DC. The National Prayer Breakfast is in it’s 63rd year. (Photo by Shawn Thew – Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama warned Americans to stay away from fear, as the world grows more troubled under his leadership.

During his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C. this morning, Obama spoke about the dangers of the “primal emotion” of fear – and how to combat it with faith.

“Fear does funny things. Fear can lead us to lash out against those who are different, or lead us to try to get some sinister ‘other’ under control,”he said, alluding to anti-Muslim and anti-refugee sentiment in the country.

Obama added that fear was a “primal emotion” that could destroy community and feed mankind’s “selfish impulses.”

“If we let it consume us, the consequences of that fear can be worse than any outward threat,”he said. Obama announced that faith was the best way to defeat fear.

“For me, and I know for so many of you, faith is a great cure for fear,”he said. “Jesus is a good cure for fear.”

He declared that Jesus helped Americans stand up “not just to our enemies but to our friends”and helped Christians to be more tolerant and accepting. Obama cited the recent terrorist attacks and the mass shootings in America as proof that evil was in the world, striking fear into hearts of many.

“Like every president, like every leader, like every person, I’ve known fear,”Obama said. “But my faith tells me that I need not fear death, that acceptance of Christ promises everlasting life and the washing away of sins.”

As he concluded his speech, Obama prayed for more humble politicians, perhaps referring to his presidential successor. “I pray that our leaders will always act with humility and generosity,”he said.

Every political year, religion becomes an issue. It’s been that way since the founding of our nation. There’s no escaping religion and politics. Everyone is religious. Every law on the books is an application of someone’s view of religion (the ultimate basis of a person’s belief system) and an expression of their view of morality.

What is the source of a person’s worldview, their ultimate commitment? It’s a question that’s rarely asked. And yes, atheists are just as religious as the most fundamentalist Christian. Atheists are fundamentalist materialists, and so-called Progressives are fundamentalist secularists. What they believe is fundamental to their worldview.

There are Christians who are calling on their fellow-Christians to disengage from politics or to acquiesce to the political status quo and suffer under its oppression because we are just wanderers in this world on our way to the next world. Secularists also want Christians to disengage, and will often quote Jesus’ words “to render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.”

No doubt Christians prefer to live a quiet life, as the apostle Paul wrote (1 Tim. 2:1–4). They would prefer not to have to expend time, energy, and money to fight laws that one day could end up limiting their freedoms.

These instructions to the young pastor Timothy did not stop Paul from challenging political reprisals raised against him (Acts 22:23-30). He even appealed to Caesar in a time when the majority of Jews had no political standing (25:11-12). Paul made use of his Roman citizenship (22:28), something few Jews had, as we should take advantage of our own citizenship rights. Christians aren’t second-class citizens or subjects to a foreign power (at least not yet). We’re not devoid of a political right to act, either biblically or constitutionally.

What about the argument that we are to “render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s” (Matt. 22:21)? First, this statement tells us that noteverything belongs to Caesar. Second, Jesus also says that we are to “render to God the things that are God’s.” Caesar is equally obligated.

Third, we don’t live under Caesar, a king, or governors sent by a king (1 Peter 2:13-14). We live under the Constitution of the United States that gives us the right — as the First Amendment states — to speak, write, and assemble to “petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

It would not be inappropriate to render Matthew 22:21 like this: “Then render to the Constitution the things that are the Constitution’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

The Constitution is our Caesar, and those who take an oath to uphold the Constitution must render to it. In addition, we have a right and duty to hold our elected officials accountable to their oath. And unlike most Jews in the Apostle Paul’s day, we have the ability to change our government (Caesar) every two years at the national and local levels.

Reverend Jacob Duché (1737–1798) and the First Prayer of the Continental Congress (1774)

There used to be a time when we did live a quiet and tranquil life because Christians engaged their world culturally and politically. The goal has never been to save the world through politics but to define civil government’s limited political role. Christians who refuse to engage politically by default turn over the reins of authority and power to those who believe in a secular theocracy where civil government becomes the new god, and the laws of this secular god are imposed on the citizenry.

What if a government starts molesting people for their beliefs or actions? What should a Christian do? The slave trade, the holocaust, and racial discrimination come to mind. The anti-slave trade was headed up by Christians. Study the life ofWilliam Wilberforce(1759–1833). So was the civil rights movement. Were Christians wrong to oppose these moral evils? Why was Israel judged if the people were not to be involved politically?:

How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water. Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them (Isa. 1:21-23).

Resistance movements like those practiced by Christians during World War II have been accepted as morally justified by nearly all ethical thinkers. Thomas Kineally’s Schindler’s Ark (later made into the film Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg) shows the highest praise for those who defied what was a “legal” government policy.

“Corrie ten Boom has long been honored by evangelical Christians as an exemplar of Christian faith in action. Arrested by the Nazis along with the rest of her family for hiding Jews in their Haarlem home during the Holocaust, she was imprisoned and eventually sent to the Ravensbruck concentration camp along with her beloved sister, Betsie, who perished there just days before Corrie’s own release on December 31, 1944.”

InGive Me the Children: How a Christian Woman Saved a Jewish Family During the Holocaust, Pola Arbiser describes how her nanny defied the law and hid her and her sister from Nazi officers. The Jewish community of survivors has described these resistors as “righteous gentiles”((As reported in Catherine E. Shoichet, “Christian nanny hid Jewish family from Nazis,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution (August 27, 2003), E1 and E6. See Pola Arbiser, Give Me the Children: How A Christian Woman Saved a Jewish Family During the Holocaust (Altona, Manitoba, Canada: Friesens, 2003).)) or simply “Christian rescuers.” ((David P. Gushee, “Christians as Rescuers During the Holocaust,” Must Christianity Be Violent?: Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology, eds. Kenneth R. Chase and Alan Jacobs (Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2003), 71.)) These actions were considered to be moral even though they violated Nazi Reich law.

When the allied troops liberated the death camps and saw the atrocities, the soldiers went into the surrounding towns and forced the citizens to walk among the corpses. It was happening right under their noses and they did nothing to stop it. That wasn’t the “tranquil and quiet life” Paul was talking about.

After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, a firefighter found a fragment of steel from the Twin Towers with a page from the Bible fused to it. As incredible as it is that the page is easily readable, the prophetic message it contains sent chills down his spine.

In March 2002, an unnamed firefighter discovered a fragment of rubble from the World Trade Center under Tully Road, a temporary truck route covering the remnants of the south tower, the New York Times reports.

Embedded in the metal was a damaged Bible, torn and singed from the horrific catastrophe. After he read the remaining words, he called over a nearby photographer, Joel Meyerowitz, to document the unbelievable message.

“Retaliation.”

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

Of all the thousands of message within the holy book, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, in the Gospel of Matthew, remained perfectly intact.

“This shredded, burned and rubble-covered Bible came to me from the loving hands of a fireman who knew that I was the record keeper of ground zero,” Mr. Meyerowitz said Thursday in an e-mail from Italy, where he now lives.

“My astonishment at seeing the page that the Bible was open to made me realize that the Bible’s message survives throughout time,” he said, “and in every era we interpret its teachings freshly, as the occasion demands.”

The chilling message not only accurately sums up the Islamic wrath upon New York City, but it prophetically warns America what will happen if it embraces its enemies — namely Islam.

Sharia law operates on an “eye for an eye” basis, as the Quran states that retaliation is commanded by Allah.

And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. [Quran 5:45]

The Islamic supremacy that spurred the event on 9/11 was in perfect accordance with Sharia law, Allah’s law. The retribution that the Muslim world felt was deserved came in the form terrorism against innocent Americans.

However, the Muslim world doesn’t see unbelievers as innocent. The Quran states numerous times that Allah has a hatred for non-Muslims and that the jihadists who fight with their lives against the unbelievers will be rewarded.

Although Jesus Christ preached and modeled a life a love, forgiveness, and peace, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, who all Muslims are called to emulate, practiced pedophilia, racism, slavery, rape, murder, and conquest. The two doctrines are not only incompatible, they are complete opposites.

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, this message serves as a warning to the U.S. We have invited in the very religious and political ideology that commands the overthrow of our Constitution and establishment of Sharia law.

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The Alex Jones Show is a nationally syndicated news/talk show based out of Austin, TX. The show is syndicated by the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, and has a gained a large internet based audien

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Business

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

Defense Department

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

Family

American Family Association
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon, who was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, at the time. Since 1977, AFA has been on the frontlines of Ame

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Military

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

NEWS

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Opinion

Alex Jones' INFO WARS. Because there is a war for your mind
The Alex Jones Show is a nationally syndicated news/talk show based out of Austin, TX. The show is syndicated by the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, and has a gained a large internet based audien

American Family Association
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon, who was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, at the time. Since 1977, AFA has been on the frontlines of Ame

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Personal

American Family Association
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon, who was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, at the time. Since 1977, AFA has been on the frontlines of Ame

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

You Version
Bible Translations, Devotional Tools and Plans, BLOG, free mobile application; notes and more

Political

Alex Jones' INFO WARS. Because there is a war for your mind
The Alex Jones Show is a nationally syndicated news/talk show based out of Austin, TX. The show is syndicated by the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, and has a gained a large internet based audien

American Family Association
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon, who was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, at the time. Since 1977, AFA has been on the frontlines of Ame

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

ZONATION
AlfonZo Rachel is a Christian conservative social / political humorist. His work is distunguished by his grinning delivery and rapid fire rant style in his video commentaries called, ZoNation on PJTV.com. Check out his work with the play list! – See more

Radio

Alex Jones' INFO WARS. Because there is a war for your mind
The Alex Jones Show is a nationally syndicated news/talk show based out of Austin, TX. The show is syndicated by the Genesis Communication Network on over 60 AM and FM radio stations across the United States, and has a gained a large internet based audien

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Research

Defense One
Defense One delivers news, breaking analysis and ideas on the topics and trends that will define the future of U.S. defense and national security. Our editorial approach is to cover the people and forces shaping a new era for defense through the post-war

Legal Insurrection
Legal Insurrection went live on October 12, 2008, originally at Google Blogger. We hit our one-millionth visit about 11.5 months later, our second million a few months after that, and since then readership and linkage from major websites have grown drama

The Last Refuge
The Conservative Tree House may be called a Last Refuge for each of us for different reasons. Whatever trail through the woods brought us here, we have shared the turmoil of storms as we have been finding our voices as individuals in this growing communit

The REAL SIDE with Joe Messina
Joe takes the issues… especially the controversial issues (politics, prejudice, religion, illegal immigration)… and brings in people from different sides to share their viewpoint. This is definitely not a fluff piece. And while no one is attacked, the

Spiritual

American Family Association
American Family Association (AFA), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1977 by Donald E. Wildmon, who was the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, at the time. Since 1977, AFA has been on the frontlines of Ame

Bible Gateway
The Bible Gateway is a tool for reading and researching scripture online — all in the language or translation of your choice! It provides advanced searching capabilities, which allow readers to find and compare particular passages in scripture based on

ZONATION
AlfonZo Rachel is a Christian conservative social / political humorist. His work is distunguished by his grinning delivery and rapid fire rant style in his video commentaries called, ZoNation on PJTV.com. Check out his work with the play list! – See more